Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eyes are nothing like the sun" is one of the more romantic lines of the more romantic sonnets of Shakespeare. Blumenthal uses the line as a possible theme for the '80s generation, one that refuses to idealize love and lovers. The poem goes on to list a variety of perfect qualities the mistress (or possibly, male lover) does not have...
Harvard grabs the first bus out of Durham with a perfect 10-0 record...
Descriptions like "unselfish" and "committed" are constantly echoed by Young's teammates. He is a leader who seems perfect for Harvard hockey, perfect for a championship team...
...borrowed from the Bible, that said, "We will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.' " It occurred to her that water would be an ideal element for a hot climate, that its calm, soothing quality and quiet, constant sound would be perfect for the "contemplative area" she wanted to create in front of the center, a place that would have all the tranquillity of a Japanese garden, a place "to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality and to consider...
Long before Watergate confirmed the worst fears of his enemies, Nixon was a perfect model for caricature. Foes saw him as a rootless mutant, sui generis, combining McCarthy's feral atavism with Machiavelli's cunning intellect. Friends perceived him as a courageous champion of basic American values. They remain united in the belief that he suffered a martyr's fate at the hands of the liberal aristocracy whose reign he challenged. For years, Watergate gave the bashers the better of the argument...